| 100% | SUNBOWL | 7 | College football game played annually in El Paso: 2 wds. |
| 59% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | College football game first played on New Year's Day in 1902: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | New Year's Day football game played in Pasadena: 2 wds. |
| 47% | FIESTABOWL | 10 | Annual college football game played in Arizona |
| 46% | HULABOWL | 8 | Post-season college football game held in Honolulu's Aloha Stadium (2 wds.) |
| 45% | ROSEBOWL | 8 | College football championship game played on New Year's Day (2 wds.) |
| 40% | FIGHTINGIRISH | 13 | College football team that lost the BCS National Championship Game this past January: 2 wds. |
| 40% | CRIMSONTIDE | 11 | College football team that won the BCS National Championship Game this past January: 2 wds. |
| 38% | ISPY | 4 | Guessing game played in cars (2 wds.) |
| 37% | ENDRUN | 6 | Evasive play in football: 2 wds. |
| 37% | GATORBOWL | 9 | Annual college-football game played in Jacksonville, Florida |
| 36% | SATURDAY | 8 | When most college football games are played |
| 36% | SENIORBOWL | 10 | Postseason football game played in Mobile, Ala. |
| 36% | DANMARINO | 9 | Football star who played himself in "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective": 2 wds. |
| 36% | GINRUMMY | 8 | Card game played by Matt Dillon in "The Flamingo Kid" (2 wds.) |
| 35% | HEISMANTROPHY | 13 | College football award since 1935: 2 wds. |
| 35% | MARKHARMON | 10 | A former college football star who plays Leroy Gibbs on "NCIS": 2 wds |
| 35% | EXTRALIFE | 9 | Another chance to play, in video games: 2 wds. |
| 34% | ISPY | 4 | Game played "with my little eye": 2 wds. |
| 34% | BOWLSEASON | 10 | Exciting time for college football fans: 2 wds. |
| 33% | HEISMANTROPHY | 13 | Prize coveted by a college football player: 2 wds. |
| 32% | RACHELMCADAMS | 13 | "Spotlight" actress who plays Annie in "Game Night": 2 wds. |
| 32% | BEERPONG | 8 | Drinking game played with a small ball: 2 wds. |
| 32% | HAILMARY | 8 | Long, desperate pass at the end of a football game: 2 wds. |
| 32% | VALKILMER | 9 | He played Iceman in "Top Gun": 2 wds. |
| 32% | KELLYMCGILLIS | 13 | She played Charlie in "Top Gun": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TOMCRUISE | 9 | He played Maverick in "Top Gun": 2 wds. |
| 32% | JUDYGARLAND | 11 | She played Dorothy in 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 32% | CALRIPKENJR | 11 | Oriole who played in 2,632 consecutive games |
| 32% | ROSE | 4 | ___ Bowl (college football game in Pasadena) |